Ink Blade Chapter 74 (Part 2)
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Extra 7.2 If (Part 3.2)
“…” Chu Yan slowly squinted his eyes. He stared at Lin Yun, looked him up and down for a moment, and suddenly shook his head and said, “No, you are lying.”
Lin Yun was stunned and speechless. The Jiuzhong Palace Master himself sneered. “The Medical Hall Master has grown a lot of courage, daring to lie to this Master?”
Before Lin Yun had any reaction, Chu Yan suddenly turned his head, his eyes like electricity, “——Qiu Jin!”
He shook his sleeves and shouted, “Do you also have a share!?”
In an instant, Qiu Jin and Lin Yun knelt on the ground at the same time, and cold sweat came down.
“Palace Master!”
“Palace Master Mingjian, this subordinate dares not deceive!” (TL: Mingjian-A word of respect is used to pray for the other party to review clearly.)
“Hmph,” Chu Yan restrained his angry expression, and he started to chuckle to himself, “You two, trying to play tricks with this Master, haha…”
He laughed so hard that his body swayed, his long hair scattered, one hand propped on the bedhead with his black gold cuff, and the other hand pointed at the two people kneeling on the ground in a teasing manner, “It’s a pity that you can’t even learn to lie! So fake, so fake…”
Not to mention the others, he knew that Lin Yun had always had a respect for Mo Ren from the past. If Mo Ren was really in a bad situation, how could Lin Yun still be so calm?
And not to mention Qiu Jin, with her relationship with Mo Ren, how could she not pretend to cry at this time? Stupid, isn’t this letting people see through at a glance…
Outside, the wind and snow were like ghost cries, and the Zhongqian Hall was empty and uninhabited, with only Chu Yan’s laughter. Qiu Jin and Lin Yun knelt on the ground as if they had fallen into an ice cave, their faces pale, and the scene was indescribably eerie.
What the two of them were thinking was: Could it be that the Palace Master has long disliked them, and tonight is just looking for an excuse to punish them?
“Alright, alright,” Chu Yan had enough laughter, then clapped his hands, “You two are really stupid, this Master is too lazy to punish.” He lifted his chin to indicate the bed, “Lin Yun, quickly cure Mo Ren, and this Master will pretend that he didn’t hear what you just said, and forgive your great sins.”
But at this moment.
Mo Ren on the bed coughed lowly twice, and finally woke up faintly.
Chu Yan’s phoenix eyes lit up, “Look, isn’t he awake?”
It’s really not a big deal. Say, what life will not last long, what two or three months…it’s a big joke.
Chu Yan sat at the head of the bed, his eyes seemed to be filled with a layer of haze, and his voice floated inexplicably. “Alright, you should have enough trouble, really, this Master is too lazy to entangle with you.”
He stroked Mo Ren’s withered long hair, and then used the back of his finger to probe the patient’s forehead temperature, feeling that the body temperature seemed to have dropped a bit, so his mood got better, and said, “Just say it, what do you really want?”
It was unknown if it was the acupuncture and medicine that worked, Mo Ren woke up at this time, although he was still feverish, his consciousness was obviously clearer.
His first glance, he saw Chu Yan; the second glance, he saw Qiu Jin and Lin Yun kneeling on the ground and not getting up.
“…Palace Master.” Mo Ren looked up, his eyes were calm to the point of numbness, without light or shadow.
He hoarsely said. “It’s all this slave’s fault, Maidservant Qiu and Hall Master Lin are loyal to the Palace Master, hoping the Palace Master will forgive this time for the sake of many years of affection.”
On the side, Qiu Jin suddenly raised her head, unbelieving–this person is crazy, just woke up and started to take the blame on himself, does he know what he is taking on!?
Chu Yan laughed again, “You plead guilty? Is this a trick you planned?”
“Palace Master!” Qiu Jin anxiously said, “This has nothing to do with Mo Ren, he simply…”
“It’s all this subordinate’s foolish fantasies and misconduct.” Mo Ren said indifferently, “Palace Master, please forgive them.”
Foolish fantasies, misconduct. These two words were indeed versatile, enough to apply to eighty to ninety percent of the world’s guilt.
Mo Ren really didn’t know what had happened, nor did he know what crime he was taking on, but what does that matter?
It’s not like he hadn’t clarified when he was slandered, but the result was just an added crime. Chu Yan couldn’t listen anymore, and Mo Ren even occasionally felt that there was something wrong with the palace master now.
The palace master punished him, not because he made a mistake, but because the palace master wanted to punish him. Whether innocent or not, how sincere, the palace master no longer cared.
So Mo Ren pleaded guilty very neatly and numbly, with no remorse on his face, and his attitude was definitely not good.
But Chu Yan was very satisfied. He stretched his eyebrows, nodded condescendingly, and said in a very matter-of-fact tone. “Very well, then you should get better.”
“…?” A trace of confusion passed through Mo Ren’s eyes.
And Chu Yan sat by the bed, his face reflected in the candlelight. “Don’t use such lowly tricks again, this Master is very annoyed. You get better, everything tonight, this Master will write off; if not…”
The palace master paused for a while, feeling that he must come up with the most intimidating punishment. So he pondered for a moment, raised his face, and said seriously.
“If not, this Master won’t want you anymore.”
